Auction to win role opposite Hanks

Shakespeare Festival/LA, a professional and community-based non-profit theater company, has offered a part in the Simply Shakespeare adaptation of The Comedy of Errors.

The winner will attend rehearsals, appear in the show for one performance on 18 May, and receive an invite to the VIP post-show party.

The sale began on Internet auction website eBay earlier this month (May09) and will end on Monday (11May09), with proceeds going to the Shakespeare Festival's summer youth employment and enrichment initiatives.